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Oh, no! Aggie QB Kyle Allen says he’s thrown 3 picks before

COLLEGE STATION _ Texas A&M quarterback Kyle Allen endured a brutal afternoon against Alabama last Saturday, throwing three interceptions that were returned for touchdowns.

By Tuesday, Allen was in a good enough mood to joke about what happened in the game. Call it football version of gallows humor.

He said he’s thrown three picks before (although not three pick six’s).

When during his career did he have a similar day?

“Back in Pop Warner days,” Allen said. “I didn’t deal with it as well in my Pop Warner days as I do now.

“I would be very emotional back then,” Allen said, as he laughed. “I’d go in my room and lock myself in my room.”

Allen and backup quarterback Kyler Murray threw a collective four interceptions. Alabama sacked Allen five times and Murray once.

Offensive coordinator Jake Spavital said he told Allen not to allow the Alabama game to define him.

Spavital said: “Emotionally, that’s hard … I told him after the game, ‘You can’t let this define you. It’s not going to be the last time you throw three interceptions in a game.’ And of course you don’t want that to happen, you don’t want to turn the ball over, but I told him on Sunday someone was going to throw three interceptions and sure enough Peyton Manning did. … He takes it hard, it means a lot to him, but he’s not going to dwell on it now. It’s time to move on and correct the mistakes and get this offense back to where it should be.”

Coach Kevin Sumlin said of his quarterbacks: “In a game like that, for young quarterbacks it’s important to know that we’re not going to score every time. I know our fans want us to. Against that defense, flipping the field and playing a field-position game is OK. You talk to our guys, they pressed a bit trying to make things happen and forcing things that weren’t there. It’s a terrible time for it, but it’s a learning experience and these two guys will learn from it.”